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2. To distribute wealth; to share one's abundance with others.

He hath dispersed, he hath given to the poor.

Ps. cxii. 9.

Dis*persed" (?), a. Scattered. -- Dis*pers"ed*ly (#), adv. -- Dis*pers"ed*ness, n.

Dispersed harmony (Mus.), harmony in which the tones composing the chord are widely separated, as by an octave or more.

Dis*perse"ness (?), n. Dispersedness. [Obs.]

Dis*pers"er (?), n. One that disperses.

Dis*per"sion (?), n. [Cf. F. dispersion.] 1. The act or process of scattering or dispersing, or the state of being scattered or separated; as, the Jews in their dispersion retained their rites and ceremonies; a great dispersion of the human family took place at the building of Babel.

The days of your slaughter and of your dispersions are accomplished.

Jer. xxv. 34.

2. (Opt.) The separation of light into its different colored rays, arising from their different refrangibilities.

Dispersion of the optic axes (Crystallog.), the separation of the optic axes in biaxial crystals, due to the fact that the axial angle has different values for the different colors of the spectrum.

Dis*pers"ive (?), a. Tending to disperse.

Dispersive power (Opt.), the relative effect of a material in separating the different rays of light by refraction, as when the substance is formed into a prism.

-- Dis*pers"ive*ness, n.

Dis*per"son'*ate (?), v. t. To deprive of personality or individuality. [R.]

We multiply; we dispersonate ourselves.

Hare.

Dis*pir"it (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dispirited; p. pr. & vb. n. Dispiriting.] [Pref. dis- + spirit.] 1. To deprive of cheerful spirits; to depress the spirits of; to dishearten; to discourage.

Not dispirited with my afflictions.

Dryden.

He has dispirited himself by a debauch.

Collier.

2. To distill or infuse the spirit of. [Obs. or R.]

This makes a man master of his learning, and dispirits the book into the scholar.

Fuller.

Syn. -- To dishearten; discourage; deject; damp; depress; cast down; intimidate; daunt; cow.

Dis*pir"it*ed, a. Depressed in spirits; disheartened; daunted. -- Dis*pir"it*ed*ly, adv. -- Dis*pir"it*ed, n.